The Old Men at the Zoo
By: Angus Wilson
3.34
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
Set in a near future (the novel was first published in 1961 and is set in the period 1970–73), this…
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1. Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
By: Stephen King
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Wake up, genius. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jim… read more
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2. The Sea, the Sea
By: Iris Murdoch , Mary Kinzie
3.66
Format: 341 pages, Paperback
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an is… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- 20th century
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- novels
3. Puckoon
By: Spike Milligan
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Puckoon is Spike Milligan's classic slapstick novel, reissued for the first time since it was publi… read more
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- novels
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4. Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.50
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth … read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
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5. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
By: Roddy Doyle
3.50
Format: 0 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen." Irish Paddy rampages throu… read more
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6. Ubik
By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more
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"Hey,"-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
"One of these days,"-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
7. After London: or, Wild England
By: Richard Jefferies
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The meadows were green, and so was the rising wheat which had been sown, but which neither had nor … read more
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8. The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
By: Dan Simmons
3.77
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far f… read more
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- science fiction
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9. On the Beach
By: Nevil Shute
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
After a nuclear World War III has destroyed most of the globe, the few remaining survivors in south… read more
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- science fiction
- dystopia
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10. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)
By: Jane Gardam
4.10
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more
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- british literature
11. The Tartar Steppe
By: Dino Buzzati , Stuart Hood
3.80
Format: 25 pages,
Often likened to Kafka's The Castle, The Tartar Steppe is both a scathing critique of military life… read more
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12. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more
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13. Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
By: Octavia E. Butler
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
This Nebula Award-winning sequel to Parable of the Sower continues the story of Lauren Olamina in s… read more
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14. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
By: Machado de Assis
4.25
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A publicação de 'Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas' não só inaugura o Realismo no Brasil, como inicia… read more
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"Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Em verdade vos digo que toda a sabedoria humana não vale um par de botas curtas."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Diz que o homem tem “uma grande vantagem sobre o resto do universo: sabe que morre, ao passo que o universo ignora-o absolutamente"-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"هر دوره زندگی چاپ جدیدی است که چاپ قبلی را تصحیح میکند و خودش هم در چاپ بعدی تصحیح میشود، تا برسد به چاپ متن نهایی که ناشر به کرم ها تقدیم میکندش."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
15. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more
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- science fiction
- dystopia
- literary fiction
- fiction
"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
16. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
By: Olga Tokarczuk
3.95
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating … read more
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- fiction
"To wielka tajemnica, że każde wyzwanie uruchamia w nas prawdziwie żywotne siły"-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
"A man's free to do what he wants with his life, until he falls foul of the banks."-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
"There are some things we may not understand, but we can sense them perfectly well."-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
"The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding."-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
17. Companion Piece
By: Ali Smith
3.82
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
A celebration of companionship in all its timeless and contemporary, legendary and unpindownable, s… read more
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- novels
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- british literature
18. Orbital
By: Samantha Harvey
3.73
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more
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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
19. The Trees
By: Percival Everett
4.06
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive in Money, Mississippi… read more
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"Unknown Male is a name,"-Percival Everett, The Trees
"Goddamnit, I hate murder more than just about anything,"-Percival Everett, The Trees
"You should know I consider police shootings to be lynchings"-Percival Everett, The Trees
"People should know, understand that not all Thursdays are the same."-Percival Everett, The Trees
20. The Safekeep
By: Yael van der Wouden
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more
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21. The Old Men at the Zoo
By: Angus Wilson
3.34
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
Set in a near future (the novel was first published in 1961 and is set in the period 1970–73), this… read more
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